Two-way adjustable brace for maintaining doors in the fully opened position



Nov. 22, 1966 T. FERRANTE 3,287,050

TWOWAY ADJUSTABLE BRACE FOR MAINTAINING DOORS IN THE FULLY OPENED POSITION Filed March 24, 1965 INVENTOR 16m FERRANTE Fig. 4- 9 M fioiznu United States Patent 3,287,050 TWO-WAY ADJUSTABLE BRACE FOR MAINTAIN- ING DOORS IN THE FULLY OPENED POSITION Tony Ferrante, 2219 Van Buren St., Hollywood, Fla. Filed Mar. 24, 1965, Ser. No. 442,397 7 Claims. (Cl. 292-230) This invention relates to a stop device for swingable engagement with an edge of a door closure to maintain the door against inward closure and primarily with the type of doors that have spring actuated door check-s attached thereto.

The invention comprises a swingable stop device that is connected to a hinge pin, carried by a face of the door jamb and whereby the stop device is swingable to engage the side of the door in the closed position and, when the door is swung outwardly, the stop device will drop downwardly to engage the inner edge of the door to maintain the door in the open position.

Novel features of construct-ion and operation of the device will be more clearly apparent during the course of the following description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings wherein has been illustrated a preferred form of the device and wherein like characters of reference are employed to denote like parts throughout.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a sectional view through a door jamb and a hingedly connected door, having the invention applied thereto,

FIGURE 2 is a face view of the door jamb and showing the invention in a position to brace the door in the open position,

FIGURE 3 is a longitudinal section taken substantially on line 3-3 of FIGURE 2,

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of a mounting plate embodied in the invention,

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view illustrating a modified form of adjusting means for the stop device, and

FIGURE 6 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the mounting of the stop device.

Referring specifically to the drawings, there 'has been illustrated a conventional door jamb 5, recessed at one side as indicated at 6 to form a closure opening for a door 7, through the medium of .a conventional hinge 8.

Fixed to the face of the door jamb, illustrated at 9, is a rectangular face plate 10 aperturedat 11 and 12 to receive fastening screws 13. A threaded opening 14 is provided in the plate 10, intermediate its length to threadedly receive a threaded pivot pin 15, shown more particularly in FIGURE 3. The pin 15 is engaged into the opening 14 and a lock nut 16 is engaged therewith to securely lock the pin 15 to the plate 10. The threaded apertures 12 adjacent the opposite side of the plate 10 threadedly receive a stop pin 17, having a lock nut 18 thereon and the pin 17 extends forwardly from the plate 10 to constitute a stop in one direction for a tubular stop device, to be described. The apertures 12 constitute a mounting means for the stop pin 17 and also an additional stop screw 13.

Threadedly connected to the pivot pin 15 is an elongated tubular stop 19, having one end apertured and threaded, as indicated at 20 for rotatable and threaded engagement with the pin 15. The tubular stop 19 is also partially threaded at its opposite end, as indicated at 21 to threadedly receive a threaded rod 22 that is adjustable with the tube 19 and projects outwardly from the tube 19 to moldably or threadedly receive a preferably rubber bumper 23. The rod 22 also carries a lock nut 24 whereby the bumper 23 may be axially adjusted Patented Nov. 22, 1966 ice with respect to the tube 19 and to adjust the bumper with respect to the door 7. The opposite end of the tube 19 is open and is normally closed by a yieldable plug 25. The apertures of the plate 10 upon one side are above and below the apertures 14 for the pin 15 and constitutes the threaded mounting for the pin 17 that is threaded into either one of the threaded apertures 12 so that the device will be reversible from one side of the jamb 5 to the other, depending upon the direction in which the door 7 is hinged.

In this form of the invention, the plate 10 is disposed upon the face 9 of the jamb in accordance with the particular opening position of the door and the screws 13 are inserted through openings in the face 9 to rigidly mount the plate 10 in a rigid position against shifting when the device is in the operative position. The bumper 23 is adjusted through the medium of the rod 22 so that the tube 19 when in the operative position will rest upon the stop pin 17 in a horizontal position and, when the device is to be disposed in a position for an oppositely opening door, the plate 10 is mounted upon the jamb face 9 and in an inverted position so that the tube 19 and the stop 23 may be swung toward and from the door 7 and when inverted, the stop pin 17 will engage in the next upper opening 12 and the additional fastening screw 13 will then engage through the adjacent opening 12. In the use of the device, the plate 10 is mounted upon the face of the jamb 9 in accordance with the mounting of the door 7 and secured by the fastening screws 13. The pivot pin 15 is threaded into the opening 14 and locked against movement by the lock nut 16. The tube 19 is threadedly engaged with the pin 15 by swinging the tube 19 around the pin 15 until the tube 19 is in a position to brace against the edge 7a of the door 7. A stop pin 17 is then threaded into a lower opening 12 and constitutes a stop means for the tube 19 and the bumper 23 when in the bracing position for the door. In a normal inoperative position, the tube 19 and the bumper 23 are'swung around the pivot pin 15 and is suspended in a vertical position, as indicated in dotted lines in FIG- URE 2. With the door in the fully closed position, the tube 19 is swung upwardly and around the pivot 15 to a position where the bumper 23 lies against the inner face of the door then, when the door is manually shifted outwardly, the tube 19 and the bumper will drop downwardly by gravity and rest upon the pin 17 at which position, the bumper 23 will engage the rear edge of the door, as shown particularly in FIGURE 1 and the door will then be maintained in the fully open position, as indicated. When the door is to be released, the tube 19 is swung upwardly and over the pin 15 and dropped downwardly to the position illustrated in dotted lines in FIGURE 2 and the upper opening 12 may also receive a screw 13 to additionally support the plate 10 against movement.

In FIGURE 5 there has been illustrated a slightly modified form of the invention wherein the tube 19 has a plain bore 19' and a plurality of threadedly transverse openings 19a for the reception of stop screws 19b that engage the unthreaded surface of a rod 26, carrying the bumper 23 so that the bumper and the rod 26 may be adjustable in accordance with the door mounting and also to securely hold the rod 26 against turning movement or axial move ment with respect to the bore 19'.

There has been illustrated in FIGURE 6 a further modified mounting means for the device wherein the plate 10 is mounted upon a bracket 27, that is fixed to the inner side of a panel member 28 in such cases where the door is not provided with a jamb member 5 and the structure basically is the same as in the first form of the invention, and the door 7 is hingedly connected at 8 to the panel member 28.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a very novel means has been provided to securely brace the door in a fully open position and, adjustable with respect to the bumper 23 and whereby the bumper is held in the operative position by the pin 17 and swingable to the inoperative position as shown in FIGURE 2.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction shown, but that changes are contemplated as readily fall within the spirit of the invention as shall be determined by the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A door stop for outwardly swinging hinged doors whereby to maintain the door in a fully opened position, the device comprising a tubular arm that is hingedly con nected to a portion of a door jamb and whereby the arm may be swung to engage the inner edge of the door, the arm being swingable in an inoperative position to be freely suspended from the pivot, the arm at itsfree end being provided with an adjustable yieldable bumper that has engagement with the edge of the door and means to prevent the arm from dropping downwardly when engaged with the door.

2. An adjustable brace device for connection to a door jamb and whereby to maintain an outwardly opening door in a fully opened position,- the device comprising a base plate that is secured to the door jamb, a pivot element connected to the plate, a brace arm of tubular construction that is apertured to engage the pivot and whereby the brace arm is swingable in a vertical plane, the brace arm having an adjustable member extending from its opposite end and with the adjustable member carrying a yieldable bumper, the plate also being provided with a stop pin that is engaged by the arm whereby to limit the swinging movement of the arm in one direction to engage the bumper with a rear edge of the door, the arm also being swingable about the pivot to be freely suspended from the pivot when in the inactive position.

3. The structure according to claim 2 wherein the pivot comprises a threaded stud that is fixed to the plate and with the apertures of the arm being also threaded and engaged with the threaded stud.

4. The structure according to claim 2 wherein the bumper is adjustable connected to a threaded bore of the arm, the brace being adjustable to engage oppositely 4 opening doors, the platejbeing apertured adjacent its upper and lower end and in alignment with the pivot and additional threaded apertures adjacent the opposite side of the plate, one aperture receiving a threaded stop pin while.

the opposite aperture receives a fastening screw for the plate, the plate being reversible. so that the stop pin is always positioned to be engaged by the arm when the arm is in a horizontal position and to dispose the bumper in engagement with the edge of the door.

5. The structure according to claim 4 wherein the arm is tubular to receive a rod at its free end, the said rod being fixed to the bumper and a set screw threaded.

through anopening of the arm to fix the rod in various positions of adjustment.

6. The structure according to claim 1 wherein the brace,-

arm is pivotally connected to a bracket that is fixed with respect to the opening and an outwardly swing door.

' 7; The structure according to claim 2 wherein the brace arm is tubular and open at its opposite ends, the arm atone end being threadedly connected to a threaded stud whereby the arm is swingable in a vertical plane to and from an operative bracing position with respect to the door, the arm adjacent its pivotal end being provided with a closure plug, the arm at its opposite end receiving an adjustable rod that carries the bumper, the said brace in its initial engaging position with the door adapted to be swung upwardly and over and to contact the bumper with the inner side of the door and, when the door is swung fully open, the bumper drops downwardly to en-' gage the rear edge of the door.

References Cited by the Examiner 0 UNITED STATES PATENTS EDWARD C. ALLEN, Primary Examiner.

- RICHARD E. MOORE, Examiner. 

1. A DOOR STOP FOR OUTWARDLY WINDING HINGED DOORS WHEREBY TO MAINTAIN THE DOOR IN A FULLY OPENED POSITION, THE DEVICE COMPRISING A TUBULAR ARM THAT IS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO A PORTION OF A DOOR JAMB AND WHEREBY THE ARM MAY BE SWUNG TO ENGAGE THE INNER EDGE OF THE DOOR, THE ARM BEING SWINGABLE IN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION TO BE FREELY SUSPENDED FROM THE PIVOT, THE ARM AT ITS FREE END BEING PROVIDED WITH AN ADJUSTABLE YIELDABLE BUMPER THAT HAS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EDGE OF THE DOOR AND MEANS TO PREVENT THE ARM FROM DROPPING DOWNWARDLY WHEN ENGAGED WITH THE DOOR. 